North Carolina Newspapers

I ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN CHOWAN COUNTY Volume XXlX.—Number 51.“" Dr. William H. Schettler Assigned Health Director; Serves On Full rime Basis <s Successor to Dr. J. A. Johnson, Who Has Gone to South Caro-! lina to Practice With the recent resignation of . Dr. J. A- Johnson as district health director, V. N. Darden of Hertford, chairman of the District Board of Health, an nounced last week that a full time director. has been assigned by the State Board of Health. Johnson served as part time di rector. ; The new director will be Dr. | William H. Schettler, who will/ assume his new duties about the! first of the year. Dr. Schettler, unmarried, is 21 years old and attended element ary school in Asheville and high school in Fort City, Tenn. He took pre-med work at the Uni versity of Tennessee, was award ed a medical degree from that institution’s Medical College in 1961 and this month completed his internship at Duval Medical Center, Jacksonville, Fla. He visted the district last week and met district personnel and board members in Camden, Cho wan, Pasquotank and Perquim ans counties, which comprise the district. Dr. Johnson has gone to Orangeburg, S- C., to engage in private practice. Carol Service At Baptist Church A Christmas Carol service will be held at the Edenton Baptist Church Sunday afternoon, De cember 23, at 5 o’clock. ! The program will consist of carols , anthems, with the adult and Concord choirs com bfned in providing music. The program will be directed by Joe Gantt and the public is cordially invited to attend. Bank Closed Two Days Next Week Peoples Bank & Trust pany, as well as the Consumers Credit Branch, will, be closed Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, December 25 and 26. The two-day closing is due to the observance of Christmas, so that any important banking business: should be transacted accordingly. I 20 Years Ago) As Found In 1..t Files Ol j The Chowan Herald 1 S. - d J. G. Campen, chairman of the War pavings Staff, reported that Chowan County had little trou ble ip purchasing its November quota o 4 war bonds. Sales total ed $57,650 in bonds and SI,BOO in stamps, which, did not in clude sales from Tyner. The quota was $30,000. At a meeting held in Hertford Boy Scout executives of the Al bemarle District elected H. A. Campen as district chairman. a An idea emanating in the Ro tary Club to pay recognition to Chowan County boys in the ser vice grew to such proportions | that it might develop into a plan to honor all Chowan County men Continued on Page 7, Section 1 Aces And Aeelets Undefeated In Young Basketball Season By KEN D. HOPKINS The John A- Holmes High | Aces and Aeelets romped over Chowan High Tuesday night, the girls Winning 36-18 and the boys 51-36. Senior forward Sue BuncKWid Wlth . a ? d j* 1 respectively. K^Tweek f ° r thC S * COnd | t THE CHOWAN HERALD ' • Decorations Will I Be Judged Dec. 23 I Judging of Edenlon's Christ mas decorations of houses will be conducted Sunday night, December 23. The project is sponsored by the Edenton Woman's Club with first p ize being sls and second prize $lO. iFiAgenda Holds ! Town Councilmen In Long Session Long Discussion Rela tive to Sewage Sys tem and Canopies In Business Section Town Councilmen, meeting on Thursday night of last week in stead of Tuesday night, were held in session until the mid night hour as the result of a full agbnda. i The lion’s portion of the meet ing was taken up by a lengihy I discussion of sewage plans on I Cypress Street and the idea of constructing a canopy in front of business houses on Broad Street. I Mr. and Mrs. Murray Byrum attended the meeting and the sewage situation was discussed pro and con as the couple sought , to learn why Cypress Street was t not included in the sewage pro ' ject. It was pointed ' out that pri& to govern pen tjfinancfcfl as 'fffsjEance. the cost was considered excessive and that Cypress Street had never been dedicated to the town. Mr. and Mrs. Byrum ex pressed their opinion that all sections should be served by the new sewage plant. It was also pointed out that Cypress Street residents had not petitioned for the sewer line, which requires | the petitioners to share in the cost. A petition was presented | for the town to accept the street i and it was understood that when \ an approximate cost can' be se cured, a petition will be present ed for the sewage service. W. E. Malone, representing the 1 Merchants Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, inform ed the Councilmen that some consideration had been given to Conl>ni’«d on Page 6. Section I Varsity Club’s Dance Dec, 25 Plans are about complete for the Edenton Varsity Club’s an nual Christmas party which is scheduled to be held Christmas night, December 25. The dance will be held in the Edenton armory beginning at 9 o’clock and continuing until 1 o’clock. Table reservations qan be made by telephoning 2105. 4107 or 3264. Music- for the dance will be furnished by The Notables of Suffolk, who have provided mu sic for previous dances held in Edenton. The Aces streaked to their ! third consecutive victory of the young season as they rolled past the Chowan cagers 51-36. Jay Ross, who has" been the main star of victory so far this season, again put on another one of his great as he tossed in 22 big points. Rose was again tremendous from the I floor as he shot a phenominal 182.5%. He also collected 9 re -1 bounds and again kept 6-5 Joey lAsbeli Way below his 30 point j" "Bill Erwin played his usual tops tor the Aces. He also scor ed B taunts i Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 20, 1962. jv ** £ GREETINGS The Holiday spirit lights new friendships and rekindles \ old ones year after year. At this one season we pause to remember our friends... and to tell them that we are J§SSfajjj§sWife>, thinking of them. The business you have given us is sincerely appreciated, and we hope you are pleased with the way we have served you. We want you to think of us, not only at the Holiday Season, but all through the year, as a friendly firm. May your Christmas be happy; full of good health and happiness. The Chowan Herald Robert Daimenbaum Is Named Manager Os United Properties For Cape Colony, Local Project! United Properties, Inc., large Southern real estate development company, announces the appoint- j i ment of Robert Dannenbaum 111 as general manager of the com- j pany at its Edenton project— j Cape Colony—a planned complex | of industry, residential subdivis- j ions, retirement homes, and re- i sort living. Formerly manager of Industrial Development for the First Na- j tional Bank of Atlanta, Mr. Dan- , nenbaum is a member of South-! County List Takers Announce Schedule Law Requires Prop erty to Be Listed In January With property required to be listed during January for the purposet of taxation, Chowan County tax listers have an nounced their schedules. ' The First Township listers are Mrs. Pattie S. Byrum and Mrs. Annie 'M. Hare. They will be located in the tax supervisor’s office on the first floor of Hotel Joseph Hewes Mondays through Fridays frbm 9 A. M., to 5 P. M., and Saturdays from 9 to 12 o’clock. Henry Bunch is lister in the Second Township and he will be at Bunch’s Store at Center Hill Continued on Pago 4 Soetion 1 Boy Scout Drive Stands At $1,328 John Graham, local Scout cam paign chairman, reports that $1,328.40 has been contributed in i the annual Boy Scout campaign.: Although short of the $2,000 goal, the results were better than I last, year. Since some cards have not been turned in, Mr. Graham j requests that anyone still having prospect cards, please turn them; in to John Kramer by January l.| At that time A decision will be, - j ; cil, Atlanta Research Roundtable, I President’s Council on member ! Relations of Georgia State Cham | her of Commerce, and Atlanta I Jaycees. He is a graduate of j the University of North Carolina, j and is married to the former 1 Alice Anderson of St. Paul, 'Min ! nesota. They have three chil dren. Cape Colony, now in the plan j ning phase, is one of the only Continued on Page 7—Section 1 Rotary’s Christmas Party Held Tonight < Tonight (Thursday) Edenton ] Rotarians will hold their annual 1 Christmas party. The party will ' be held at the American Legion building, beginning at 7 o’clock. ‘ An interesting program has * been arranged, so that President * W. B. 'Rosevear is hopeful that j 1 every Rotarian and his 'Rotary j Ann will be present. County Unit Schools < Closed For Holidays r Schools in the Chowan County 1 unit closed Friday, December 14, r for the Christmas holidays. The c schools will remain closed until \ Monday, December 31, when 2 classes will-be resumed as usual, c '* iw. mw. «w. # vs»# vv $ «$» vv 5 > 1 REVELATION | Have you ever seen Santa Claus? ,J: i have M • I saw him in the Ohs! and Ahs! i?: Os little children Christmas morn. * {jE Have you ever seen Bethlehem’s star: jj* 12J- 1 have. g' ~E I saw its starshine from afar I Right here ‘round me Christmas morn. jjj Just look about you Christmas morn. jj: jS I have. S ~ The same stir shines and joy’s glow X X. Comes down to us from long S X For eternal things live on and on. , —Wilborne Harrell. E Robert Brooks New Red Men Sachem [Tribal Officers Elect ed at Meeting Held Monday Night 'Members of Chowan Tribe No. 12, Improved Order of Red Men, at their meeting elected Robert Brooks as sachem. He succeeds Oscar Peeples, who has served the past six months. The officers elected were: Pro phet, Oscar Peeples; sachem, Robert brooks; senior sagamore. Fred Keeter; junior sagamore, Thomas "Jackson; chief of records, J. Edwin Bufflap; collector of wampum, Jack Barrow; keeper of wampum, William Barrow; keeper of wigwam-, Oscar Pee ples; trustee for 18 months, Wil-, liam Barrow. These, together with the offi cers appointed by the new sa chem, will be installed at the i tribe’s meeting, Monday night, January 7. There will be no meeting of the tribe Monday, December 24 and Monday, December 31. OFFICE CLOSED THREE DAYS James M. Johnston, local rep resentative for the North Caro lina Revenue Department, an nounces that his office will be closed Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, December 24, 25 and 26, due to the Christmas holi days. National Guard Unit In Edenton Will Be Increased To 80% Local Unit Has Been Operating at Only 71 P„er Cent of Com pany’s Strength The local unit of the North Carolina National Guard will in crease to 80 percent strength as part of the national revamping f the National Guard. Maj. Gen. Weston H. Willis, ;:oth Infantry Division Com mander of the North Carolina Rational Guard, has announced ■he increase for all units of the ; ,-th Division. The local uomoai Support Jompany in Edenton has been perating with 71 percent strength authorization, he said. Others units .may become smaller i' be disbanded. Gen. Willis said even though lie over all strength of the Na- ; ional Guard was cut on a na-1 •io.nal basis, the North Carolina ind local Guard actually would ne increased. This is because he CCth Division in North Caro ina has been selected as one f four top flight divisions to be ‘beefed up” in strength and Continued or. Page 3—Section 1 Postgraduate Medicine Courses *v*heduled Be Held In Edenton Goldsboro and Edenton will be enters for two postgraduate purses in medicine sponsored by he University of North Caro lina School of Medicine and the Wayne County and First District Tedi al Societies beginning Jan uary 16 and running through February 21. The programs, given on WecL lesday afternoon and evening in Sdenton and on Thursdays in Goldsboro, will consist of six programs each. The Goldsboro] meetings will be held in the Ter-! race Room, Gbldsboro Hotel at 4:30 and 7:30, with dinner at 6:3(1.! The Edenton meetings will be' in the Edenton 'Restaurant at the same hours. 1 Holiday Services At St. Paul’s Church The Rev. George B. Holmes, rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, announces the following services over the holidays: December 23rd —8:00 A- M., Holy Communion; 10:00 A. M, special program, nursery ages 3-5: 11:00 A. M., Festivalof Les sons and carols • (the Church School will attend this service as families. A nursery will be pro vided 3 and 4-year-olds in the Parish House): 7:30 P. M., carol ing, Young Churchmen (meet at the Parish House, conclude at the rectory). December 24th—11:00 P. M., Holy Communion. December 25th—10:30 A. M.,. Holy Communion. Visitors are cordially invited to attend all services for which special music has been provided by the Junior and Senior Choirs. The church is open from 8 A. M.. to 5 P. M., for praver and medi tation. The Creche may be viewed durin gthese hours daily. County And Town Offices Close Three Days For Holidays Chowan County and Town of Edenton offices will be closed three days for the Christmas hol idays. Offices of both branches ' of the government will be closed I Monday, Tuesday and Wednes day, December 24, 25 and 26. All offices will be open for business Thursday morning, De cember 27. Libraries Will Be Closed Three Days Both the Shepard-Pruden Me morial Library and the Brown- Carver Library will be closed three days for the Christmas hol idays. Both libraries will be closed Monday, Tuesday and Wednes day, December 24, 25 and 26, and will reopen Thursday, December j 27. Those having or desiring to' secure books should act accord- 1 ingly. i $2.50 Per Year In North Carolina Chowan Farmers Turn In Overwhelming Majorities For Peanut-Cotton Quotas Holiday Store Closings With few exceplions, all business firms in Edenlon, in cluding stores and service es lablishme.ils, auto dealers and parts suppliers, service sta tions, fatm implement deal ers, etc., will be closed next Tuesday and Wednesday, De cember 25 and 26. Most stores will close New Year's Day with exception of food stores and service sta tions. City Schools Close Friday For Holidays Edenton schools will close Fri day of this , week, December 21, for the Christmas holidays. Classes will not be resumed un til Wednesday morning. January 2, thus providing a generous holiday for both teachers and students. ■, The speakers and their sub ejects arc: January 16 in Eden ’ j ton, January 17 in Goldsboro ■! Dr. Charles E. Morris, associate : 1 professor of Medicine, UNC, -1 “Malignancy in Neuromuscular : Syndromes” and “Epileptic Oddi- I ties”. ! January 23 and 24—Dr. Rob ert B. Greenblatt, professor of II endocrinology, Medical College of 11 Georgia, “The Hirsute Female” and ‘ The Use of Endocrine Prep » arations in Obstetrics.’’ , January 30 and 31—Dr. Thomas B. Barnet, associate professor of Imednine, UNC, “Pulmonary In | sufficiency and; Pulmonary Fail : ures” and "Antibiotics in Bron- Continued on Page 3—Section 1 Baud Concert December 23 The John A. Holmes High School Band will give its an nual Christmas concert on Sun day afternoon, December 23, at 3 o’clock. Selections of Bach. Offenbach and modern composers will be performed in.lhe first porttion of the concert. The second half of the concert will consist of Christ mas selections. One of the high lights of the program will be the Ballet Parisian by Offenbach. The finale of this number is the famous “Can Can” theme. The admission is free and the public is cordially invited to at tend. The concert will be pre sented in the John A. Holmes High School auditorium. MASONS MEET TONIGHT A stated communication of Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. & A. M., will be held tonight (Thursday) at 8 o'clock. J. C. Parks, master of the lodge, re quests a large attendance. Dr. Martin Luther Jr. Will Address Huge Freedom Rally Tonight In Edenton’s Armory | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,. of Atlanta, internationally noted j civil rights leader and president. of the Southern Christian Lead-1 ership Conference, is scheduled | to speak at a mass rally tonight j (Thursday) in the Edenton ar- j mory. In addition to being president of the SCLC, Dr. King heads the Gandhi Society for Human Rights. Dr. King comes to Edenton at the invitation of the Edenton Movement, a coalition of several civil rights groups which have supported recent demonstrations! in Edenton. He will be accom panied by his executive assistant, the Rev. 'Wyatt Tee Walker. According to the Rev. F. H. LaGarde, president of the Eden ton 'Movement, Dr, King will ar rive by plane in Elizabeth City this (Thursday) afternoon, and & 1 >*s I FIGHT CANCER | WITH A CHECKUP 'I AND CHUCK Both State and Nation Vote Overwhelming ly In Favor of Farm Programs | Chowan County peanut and cotton farmers turned in an 1 overwhelming .majority in favor of peanut and cotton quotas in the referendums held Tuesday of last week. In both the state and nation there was also an over whelming majority in favor of the quotas. In Chowan County 56% of cotton growers visited the polls, to cast their votes and 83% of the peanut growers voted. 39j ! voters voted in favor of cotton marketing quotas, and 6 voted against. 336 voters voted in fa vor of peanut marketing quotas and 4 voted against. 273 voted in favor of the authorization cotle'- tion of 10 cents per bale to be used for improvements and re scan h on cotton. There were 13 voters voting against. The total number of votes that 1 have been cast in the three prev ious cotton referendums in the States; was 26,675 for the JS6O referendum, 23.949 votes for the 1961 referendum and 58,539 votes in the 1962 referendum. The to tal number of votes cast in the 1960 peanut referendum was 10.- I2Q. Listed below are the \in offiial results of the ]9”3 refer endums held on December il State ! Colton quotas: For. 27,555; against, 522; total vo’e, 28.077. |, Peanut quotas: For. 12 094: against, 67; to‘al vo'e, 12.161. Cotton promotion: For, 25,319; against, 1,197: total vote. 26,546. Nat'onal I Cotton quotas: Fc , 201.16/1; against. 13,488; total vote, 214,657. Peanut quotes: For, 40,872; against. 1.277: total vote. 42..-.0. As noted above, the total num ber cf votes cast exceeds both the 1960 and 1961 referendum | totals. Special Services At Methodist Church _ ■ 1 A Christmas service will he j held at the Methodist Church at I the || o’clock hour Sunday i morning, December 23. The j pastor, the Rev, Van T. Craw , ford, will bring a Christmas mes | sage and Christmas music will i be featured. At 7:30 o’clock Sunday night I a Christmas carol service will j also be held, and it is hoped the sanctuary will be filled for both ! services. !fc IVI CC\ LENI )A It } Outside Christmas decorations will be judged Sunday, Decem ber 23. Edenlon's Varsity Club will hold its annual Christmas dance Tuesday night, December 25. in the Edenton armory from 9 o'clock until 1 A. M. John A. Holmes High School Band will present its annual Christmas concert in the school auditorium Sunday afternoon. Continued on Page 3. Section 1 I after brief visits at several 'churches in Elizabeth City he I will be escorted to Hertford, ! where he will speak at the First j Baptist Church. From Hertford i the group will come to Edenton | for the rally in the armory. A native of Atlanta, Dr. King is a graduate of Morehouse Col lege and holds a B.D. degree from Crozier Theological Sem inary at Chester, Pa., and a Ph.D. degree from Boston Uni versity. He rose to fame as leader of the Montgomery, Ala ! bama, bus protest. Dr. King’s visit to Edenton is expected to attract in the neigh borhood of 5,000 or more, so that two churches will be equipped with a public address system to accommodate the overflow so that any who cannot get in the Continued on Page 5. Section X •■ 1 • V